In a competitive situation, True Detective, an eight-part event drama series project starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, has landed at HBO with a straight-to-series order. I hear the pay cable network is finalizing a deal for an eight-episode order to the high-concept cop drama written on spec by Nic Pizzolatto, with Cary Fukunaga on board to direct all episodes.
True Detective, which sparked heated bidding after it was taken out to the top cable networks earlier this month, is descried as an elevated serial narrative with multiple perspectives and time frames. It centers on two detectives, Rust Cohle (McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Harrelson), whose lives collide and entwine during a 17-year hunt for a serial killer in Louisiana. The investigation of a bizarre murder in 1995 is framed and interlaced with testimony from the detectives in 2012, when the case has been reopened.
The concept is for the 8-episode first season to resolve the mystery at hand, with subsequent seasons using same structure but new characters and story. True Detective is gearing up to start production right away. It is ready to do so with director and stars already on board as well as 2 written episodes and a bible.
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The Corrections is another HBO series in development, although the channel has not committed to a series yet, just a pilot, unlike True Detective.
Intriguing. I love the idea, but i dislike both those actors so not sure i'm going to be able to give it a fair shot really! Will definitely try it, because it sounds like it's going to be nice and dynamic and twisty.
ReplyDeleteI am the same. The casting is what puts me off this series, other than the cast it does sound as if it could be interesting.
ReplyDeletePity isn't it. I guess i will be happy to be surprised, and hope the actors don't irritate me so much in these roles. Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteI could probably cope if it was one or the other of them but both... hmmm. I will try it and hope they are better than they normally are.
ReplyDeletethis sounds really interesting! I will surely watch it!
ReplyDeleteI bet you HBO does not mess it up like AMC's The Killing did! XD
ReplyDeleteOne season = one crime they say.... and I bet they mean it.
That aside, Harrelson is an incredible actor and I look forward to him. McConaughey.... not as much. I guess I've never been a fan of his shirtless Southern "charm"....
I think I´ll give this a try ;)
ReplyDeleteThis had caught my eye when news broke about it so I'll say YAY!
ReplyDeleteI was literally thinking the same thing about 'The Killing' as I read that. But about Matthew McConaughey, I guess we will have to agree to diasgree (although I doubt they will showcase his shirtless wonders, but fingers crossed, LOL!) But I adore Woody like nobody's business, ever since he played Larry Flint. So, looking forward to this series. I love high concept dramas (even it comes off as a procedural at first glance (see: Person of Interest)).
ReplyDeleteI bet you HBO does not mess it up like AMC's The Killing did! XD
ReplyDeleteOne season = one crime they say.... and I bet they mean it.
That aside, Harrelson is an incredible actor and I look forward to him. McConaughey.... not as much. I guess I've never been a fan of his shirtless Southern "charm"....